
LCIL International Law Centre Podcast
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is the scholarly home of International law at the University of Cambridge. The Centre, founded by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC in 1983, serves as a forum for the discussion and development of international law and is one of the specialist law centres of the Faculty of Law.
The Centre holds weekly lectures on topical issues of international law by leading practitioners and academics.
For more information see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/
Latest episodes

Dec 2, 2011 • 1h 3min
'International Law: The Year in Review - A Panel Discussion' chaired by Professor James Crawford, with Judge Xue Hanqin, Professor Françoise Hampson, Sir Michael Wood and Professor Marc Weller
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture entitled 'International Law: The Year in Review - A Panel Discussion' was delivered at the Faculty of Law on Friday 2nd December 2011 and involved a panel discussion chaired by Professor James Crawford (University of Cambridge) and featuring Judge Xue Hanqin (International Court of Justice), Professor Françoise Hampson (University of Essex), Sir Michael Wood (20 Essex Street Chambers) and Professor Marc Weller (Director, Lauterpacht Centre).
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Nov 25, 2011 • 39min
'The Customary International Humanitarian Law Project: Working to Protect the Victims of Armed Conflict' by Dr Michael Carrel and Ms Vanessa Holzer
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'The Customary International Humanitarian Law Project: Working to Protect the Victims of Armed Conflict', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 25th November 2011 by Dr Michael Carrel (Team Leader) and Ms Vanessa Holzer (Research) of the ICRC/BRC Customary International Humanitarian Law Project based at the Lauterpacht Centre.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Nov 20, 2011 • 49min
LCIL Snyder Lecture 2011: Fred H. Cate - 'The Growing Importance (and Irrelevance) of International Data Protection Law'
Held in memory of Earl Snyder, the Snyder Lectures take place annually and are held at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and the University of Indiana's Bloomington School of Law on alternate years. Speakers are faculty members or prominent international law scholars or practitioners chosen by the universities to deliver the lectures, which are subsequently published in the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (IJGLS).Professor Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor and C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University delivered the 2011 Snyder Lecture on Monday 14th November 2011. Increasingly we live in a world of ubiquitous data and widely distributed power to collect, use, store, and share personal information. Data protection takes on new importance in an environment in which our activities, communications, transactions, and preferences are captured electronically and used to define our existence. Yet data protection laws, with their focus on transparency, consent, and regulatory oversight of every aspect of data processing are proving increasingly unworkable in the face of the deluge of digital data. The situation is exacerbated by the wide divergence among regional and national (and even local and provincial) laws used to regulate inherently global data flows. As reality and law grow further apart, individuals are left unprotected, industry and governments operate without meaningful oversight or certainty, and society lacks shared norms about the appropriate limits of data collection and use. This lecture addresses the scope of the problem and some practical steps for doing better.

Nov 18, 2011 • 54min
'International Law and Climate Change' by Professor Catherine Redgwell
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'International Law and Climate Change', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 18th November 2011 by Professor Catherine Redgwell, Professor of Law, University College London (UCL). For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Nov 11, 2011 • 41min
'International Organisations and Sanction and Accountability Mechanisms: Trends and Prospects' by Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'International Organisations and Sanction and Accountability Mechanisms: Trends and Prospects', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 11th November 2011 by Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of Law, University of Geneva. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Nov 4, 2011 • 42min
'Dual Attribution: Liability of the Netherlands for the Removal of Individuals from the Compound of Dutchbat' by Professor André Nollkaemper
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Dual Attribution: Liability of the Netherlands for the Removal of Individuals from the Compound of Dutchbat', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 4th November 2011 by Professor André Nollkaemper, Professor of International Law, University of Amsterdam. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 28, 2011 • 40min
'Why does the Right of Self-Determination have Internal and External Aspects?' by Dr James Summers
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Why does the Right of Self-Determination have Internal and External Aspects', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 28th October 2011 by Dr James Summers, Lecturer in Law, University of Lancaster. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 21, 2011 • 21min
'Reassessing and Redefining the Principle of Economic Sovereignty of States' by Professor Surya P. Subedi OBE
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Reassessing and Redefining the Principle of Economic Sovereignty of States', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 21st October 2011 by Professor Surya Subedi OBE, University of Leeds and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 14, 2011 • 43min
'The Al-Skeini Case in the European Court of Human Rights: A Landmark?' by Dr Ralph Wilde
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'The Al-Skeini Case in the European Court of Human Rights: A Landmark?', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 14th October 2011 by Dr Ralph Wilde, Faculty of Law, University College London (UCL). For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 7, 2011 • 36min
'Challenges of International Litigation' by Sir Christopher Greenwood
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture entitled 'Challenges of International Litigation' was delivered on Friday 7th October 2011 by Sir Christopher Greenwood CMG QC, Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk